I don't possess these thoughts I have --- they possess me. I don't possess these feelings I have --- They obsess me.

Sooner or later in life, we will all take our own turn being in the position we once had someone else in.

The only thing that feels worse than being stuck in a situation that makes you unhappy is realizing that you are not ready or willing to change whatever it is.

Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong.

The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.

I'm falling apart, one part after another. Falling down on the world like snow. Half of me is already on the ground, watching from below.

There will be a time when you are forced to follow your heart away from someone you love.

Anything at all is possible. Some things are unlikely. Some things will never happen. But they always could, at any time.

Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.

I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all.

By judging others, you make yourself easy to judge.

The human heart operates from two premises: "I Am Responsible" and "Only Love Works.

You cannot be betrayed by your enemies, only your friends.

90% of the politicians give the other 10% a bad reputation.

If I see something I don't like about a friend, I don't stick with that friend because I don't need them.

Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation.

We have a president [Barack Obama] that won't use the term radical Islamic terrorism, won't use it.

I may … surprise you - but I shall not deceive you.

Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research.

The competitive nation-state system, with all its capacity for good and evil, is spreading in the Third World and is transforming that world.

I'm building on purpose. I'm building that tipping point. I'm building that law of diffusion of innovation.